小家

Chinese

small; tiny; few
small; tiny; few; young
 
home; family; ‑ist
home; family; ‑ist; ‑er; ‑ian; measure word for stores and schools
 
simp. and trad.
(小家) 		小 家
anagram 家小

Pronunciation

Noun

小家

  1. low-status family; poor family
  2. small denomination; undistinguished author
  3. (figurative) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    在疫情期間，醫護工作者舍小家爲大家，堅守在一線。 [MSC, trad.]
    在疫情期间，医护工作者舍小家为大家，坚守在一线。 [MSC, simp.]
    Zài yìqíng qījiān, yīhù gōngzuòzhě shě xiǎojiā wèi dàjiā, jiānshǒu zài yīxiàn. [Pinyin]
    During the pandemic, many medical workers sacrificed their personal lives for the greater good, staying on the front lines.

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Adjective

小家

  1. (Cantonese) stingy; mean; ungenerous
  2. (Cantonese) small-minded; petty

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